Political Parties Unite Against Chavez

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez's Bush-bashing remarks at the U.N. have brought some unlikely lawmakers to the president's defense.

Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called Chavez "an everyday thug." New York Democrat and prominent Bush critic Charlie Rangel said, "You don't come into my country and criticize my president," adding: "An attack on Bush is an attack on all Americans."

But the reaction was different when Chavez spoke to a gathering in lower Manhattan last night.

Chavez accused the president of genocide in Iraq before an audience at Cooper Union College, comparing the administration to the Nazis and calling for President Bush to be brought before an international tribunal. Those remarks earned Chavez a standing ovation.

So who was the author of that book Chavez held up during his U.N. speech? None other than MIT linguistics professor Noam Chomsky, a self-described libertarian socialist who has advocated a society with no paid labor and says the U.S. is one of the major sources of international terrorism.

It was produced by one of his granddaughters, but the film is Goldwater through the eyes of such people as Hillary Clinton, Ben Bradlee, Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, James Carville, Helen Thomas, Al Franken, John Dean and, oh yes, George Will.

The film shows how Goldwater late in his career became increasingly at odds with the conservative movement over social issues.

Cronkite and Thomas conclude that toward the end of his career, Goldwater actually became a liberal.

Iraq Torture Worse Now?

The U.N.'s top anti-torture expert says the mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq may be worse now than when Saddam Hussein was in power.

Manfred Nowak — who is a law professor in Austria — says police and the military are using brutal methods on prisoners, but says the worst examples of torture come from private militias and terrorist groups.

He says he got his information from people in various Middle Eastern cities.

As far as Iraq, Nowak has never been there, and he says right now it's too dangerous to go.

—FOX News Channel's Aaron Bruns contributed to this report.

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